Articles filed under Education
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Mundelein High board approves new $41.2 million budgetSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - Mundelein High School District 120's newly approved budget shows a slight spending increase over the previous year's fiscal plan. The school board on Tuesday approved a ...
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STEM, manufacturing career pathways help guide studentsSep 11, 2018 11:00 pm - District 214's STEM, manufacturing career pathways help guide students
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Teacher of the Year finalist from Elk Grove is a 'risk taker' in the classroomSep 10, 2018 6:00 am - When she's not in the classroom, Sara Magnafichi is busy meeting children's literature authors to invite them to her school, talking with parents at PTO meetings, or lea...
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U-46 teacher touts importance of students' cultural backgroundSep 10, 2018 5:55 am - Understanding the cultural background of students has an important role in Gregorio Posada's approach to teaching first grade at Harriet Gifford Elementary School in Elg...
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Teaching kindergarten students more than academicsSep 10, 2018 5:55 am - Kindergarten teacher Danielle Mann stresses the importance of helping her students learn how to be part of a classroom community and interact with others. Mann is in her...
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Mix of bacteria, sugars and acid leads to cavitiesSep 08, 2018 7:00 am - "How do we get cavities?" asked a young patron from Grayslake Area Public Library District. Teeth are coated in the hardest body substance, calcium phosphate-laden ename...
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Mundelein High School hosting Financial Aid NightSep 07, 2018 1:00 am - Mundelein High School Guidance Department will host Financial Aid Night at the high school Thursday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. in Spanish and at 7:30 p.m. in English. All aspe...
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Illinois waterway cleanup takes local action against global garbageSep 06, 2018 1:00 am - It might be a reach to get a high schooler to understand how clearing trash from a river can help the world's oceans, but that's exactly what a waterway cleanup taking p...
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Constable: NFL grapples with anthem, but schools no longer fumble pledgeSep 05, 2018 5:40 am - The NFL season kicks off Thursday with the defending White House-Snubbing Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Atlanta "Not Our National Bird" Falcons before a television a...
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Oakton hires news facilities directorSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - Oakton Community College has named Joseph Scifo as the college's new director of facilities, effective Monday, Sept. 17. Scifo, who most recently served in a similar po...